This year’s annual community-organized Yom HaShoah commemoration has been scheduled for Sunday, May 5, to honor victims of the Holocaust and the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The commemoration will be held at 1:30 p.m. at The Lewis and Shirley White Theatre at the Jewish Community Campus (5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, KS 66211).
The 2024 community Yom HaShoah service is chaired by Dr. Henry Kanarek, son of Holocaust survivor Dr. Joseph Kanarek (z”l). The Yom HaShoah commemoration is a free event open to the public. Anyone unable to attend in person is invited to watch a livestream event on the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) YouTube channel (youtube.com/@MCHEKansasCity) beginning at 1:30 p.m. that day.
This year’s annual community-organized Yom HaShoah commemoration has been scheduled for Sunday, May 5, to honor victims of the Holocaust and the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The commemoration will be held at 1:30 p.m. at The Lewis and Shirley White Theatre at the Jewish Community Campus (5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, KS 66211).
The 2024 community Yom HaShoah service is chaired by Dr. Henry Kanarek, son of Holocaust survivor Dr. Joseph Kanarek (z”l). The Yom HaShoah commemoration is a free event open to the public. Anyone unable to attend in person is invited to watch a livestream event on the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) YouTube channel (youtube.com/@MCHEKansasCity) beginning at 1:30 p.m. that day.
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